Twenty-fourteen saw an addition of 89 institutions (see the list below) to the HigherEd RWD directory, bringing the total to 252. So how is higher-ed stacking up to the industry as a whole? According to a HTTP Archive report, the average industry page weight in 2014 increased by 15% to 1.95 MB, with an average of 95 requests. So while the total number requests are lower, the average size for higher-ed sites (desktop) is nearly half a megabyte larger than the rest of the industry.
Current Stats for the HigherEd RWD Directory sites
The below numbers were compiled using WebPageTest Dulles, VA location. Desktop stats are run using Chrome (Dulles:Chrome) and mobile stats using iOS (Dulles_iOS).
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2014 Additions
- Alabama in Huntsville, The University of
- Alaska Southeast, University of
- Alberta, University of
- Arizona State University
- Babson College
- Bates College
- Benedictine University
- Birmingham City University
- Bowling Green State University
- Bucknell University
- California State University Channel Islands
- Calvin College
- Capella University
- Christ College
- Churchill College
- Clemson University
- Colby College
- Columbia College
- Columbia College Chicago
- Concordia College
- Cornell University
- Dickinson College
- Edge Hill University
- Elon University
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Campus
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Arizona Campus
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Campus
- Fairfield University
- Fordham University
- Franklin & Marshall College
- Freed-Hardeman University
- Fulton-Montgomery Community College
- Georgia Southern University
- Goodwin College
- Governors State University
- Hartford Seminary
- Illinois Springfield, University of
- Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
- Indiana University - South Bend
- Indiana Wesleyan University
- Iowa, The University of
- Irvine, California, University of
- Juilliard School, The
- Kentucky State University
- La Trobe University
- Lake County, College of
- Lesley University
- Lewis-Clark State College
- Lipscomb University
- Manchester, The University of
- Mary Hardin-Baylor, University of
- Messiah College
- Missouri, University of
- Montana State University
- Moore College of Art & Design
- Morningside College
- Nazareth College
- NC State University
- Nevada, Reno, University of
- New York, State University of
- Nichols College
- Northeastern Illinois University
- Old Dominion University
- Oregon Institute of Technology
- Otago, University of
- Oxford, University of
- Reading, University of
- Roberts Wesleyan College
- Saint Joseph, University of
- Scranton, The University of
- Sheridan College
- Shimer College
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Southern Indiana, University of
- St. John’s College
- St. John’s University
- State University of New York, The
- Stevenson University
- Trinity University
- Utah, The University of
- Vanguard University
- Villanova University
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Wagner College
- Wayne State University
- Weber State University
- Western Connecticut State University
- Western Michigan University
If you know of any other higher-ed sites that belong on the list, please let me know.
- Load Time is measured as the time from the start of the initial navigation until the beginning of the window load event (onload).
- Speed Index is the average time at which visible parts of the page are displayed. It is expressed in milliseconds and dependent on size of the view port.